Diphthongs
Digraphs
R-Controlled Vowels
Sounds of ED
Vowel Sounds (long and short)
100

Which word has the /oi/ sound: cat, coin, hat?

What is coin?

100

What is the digraph in this word: SHUT?

SH

100

Which word does NOT belong: bird, shirt, girl, star?

What is star?

100

Name the 3 sounds that -ed can make

What are /t/, /d/, and /id/?

100

Vowels can have two types of sounds. What are they?

What is long and short?

200

Which word does NOT belong: boil, coin, toy, join?

What is toy? (It has oy instead of oi.)

200

Name 3 digraphs

CH, SH, WH, TH, CK, PH

200

Which two words have the same r-controlled vowel sound: fork, bird, corn, shark?

What are fork and corn?

200

Which -ed sound do you hear in jumped?

What is /t/?

200

What are the vowels? 

What is a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

300

Which spelling completes BOTH words? ann_ _ and enj _ _ .

What is oy?

300

Which word has TWO digraphs: chat, bath, wish, thick?

What is thick? (th and ck*)

300

Change the r-controlled vowel in "park" to "or." What new word do you get?

What is pork?

300

Which -ed sound do you hear in played?

What is /d/?

300

Read this sentence: "The cub hid in the cave." Which word has a long vowel sound?

What is cave?

400

Which word does NOT belong? draw, claw, haul, straw.

What is haul? (It uses au, the others use aw.)

400

Give an example of a word with a digraph.

multiple answers

400

Which word has a different r-controlled vowel sound: turn, burn, shark, curl?

What is shark?

400

Name 3 words with an -ed ending that makes the /id/ sound.

Examples: needed, landed, painted, started.

400

Which word has TWO long vowel sounds: sunset, raincoat, backpack, fish?

What is raincoat?

500

What is a diphthong?

A diphthong is a vowel sound that changes while you say it. Your mouth moves as the sound moves!

500

Unscramble: i p h s. The word means a boat. What is the digraph?

What is ship and sh?

500

Name at least 3 r controlled vowels and give a word using at least one.

What are ar, er, ir, or, and ur? 

500

Which word does NOT belong? jumped, helped, washed, played.

What is played? (The others have /t/.)

500

Sort these words into long and short vowels: cube, hat, rope, pig.

Long: cube, rope

Short: hat, pig